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Erik W got a reaction from Archi in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
I glued in the floorboards. I used pieces of .030" stryene as temporary spacers between the boards as I was gluing them in so they would be a uniform distance from one another. Also, now that I'm working on the interior, I'm using the build board I had made.
Erik
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Erik W got a reaction from Dimitris71 in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
I glued in the floorboards. I used pieces of .030" stryene as temporary spacers between the boards as I was gluing them in so they would be a uniform distance from one another. Also, now that I'm working on the interior, I'm using the build board I had made.
Erik
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Erik W got a reaction from dvm27 in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
I glued in the floorboards. I used pieces of .030" stryene as temporary spacers between the boards as I was gluing them in so they would be a uniform distance from one another. Also, now that I'm working on the interior, I'm using the build board I had made.
Erik
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Erik W got a reaction from tlevine in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
I glued in the floorboards. I used pieces of .030" stryene as temporary spacers between the boards as I was gluing them in so they would be a uniform distance from one another. Also, now that I'm working on the interior, I'm using the build board I had made.
Erik
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Erik W got a reaction from Stuntflyer in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
I glued in the floorboards. I used pieces of .030" stryene as temporary spacers between the boards as I was gluing them in so they would be a uniform distance from one another. Also, now that I'm working on the interior, I'm using the build board I had made.
Erik
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Erik W got a reaction from egkb in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
I glued in the floorboards. I used pieces of .030" stryene as temporary spacers between the boards as I was gluing them in so they would be a uniform distance from one another. Also, now that I'm working on the interior, I'm using the build board I had made.
Erik
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Erik W reacted to MikeB4 in 18th Century Longboat by MikeB4 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1/4"=1'
I've painted the cock pit and I got the knees in in place.
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Erik W got a reaction from mtaylor in 18th Century Longboat by jonny.amy - Model Shipways
Nice! It'll be great to have another longboat build going.
Erik
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Erik W reacted to jonny.amy in 18th Century Longboat by jonny.amy - Model Shipways
Ken, Brian, BobF, and Erik,
Thanks for the likes and tagging along. Hopefully the build will kick off around the 18th September, by that time Lily the puppy will be used to life in our household, so I should feel confident starting the build!
Cheers
Jonny
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Erik W got a reaction from Canute in 18th Century Longboat by jonny.amy - Model Shipways
Nice! It'll be great to have another longboat build going.
Erik
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Erik W got a reaction from jonny.amy in 18th Century Longboat by jonny.amy - Model Shipways
Nice! It'll be great to have another longboat build going.
Erik
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Erik W reacted to Nirvana in 18th Century Longboat by Nirvana - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:48
Trial part for the cockpit seats...
These parts came fair, I will try to do the same with the material from Jeff.
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Erik W got a reaction from Archi in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
I glued on the friezes. Keeping the friezes from sticking to the wrong things while applying them was a bit tricky, but I manged to pull it off. I'm following Mike's (Stuntflyer) lead and keeping the painting to a minimum. I chose not to apply any white trim paint. As a newby, I want as much wood showing as possible!
Erik
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Erik W got a reaction from Archi in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
I applied the red paint (Polly Scale acrylic Soo Line Red). I applied the first coat at full strength and then 2 to 4 coats with the paint diluted 30% with water.
Erik
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Erik W got a reaction from Archi in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
I stained the longboat. It's a little darker than I expected. Of course, I'm used to looking at the boat with the wood an almost white color, so maybe I'm just not used to seeing it a more realistic color. Also, I applied the stain in an even and uniform manner, but the wood just didn't absorb it uniformly. Does it look alright?
That and the real color isn't showing up well in the photos with the light blue background I've been using. I took 3 more photos with a darker blue background. The warmer brown is closer to the true color. It's hard to show accurate color rendition sometimes!
Erik
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Erik W got a reaction from Archi in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
I added the 1/32" molding strips on both sides. I wanted to glue these before I stained the boat, but add the friezes afterwards. What I did then was cut the friezes out with a #11 xacto blade with a piece of blank paper underneath so the piece of paper was exactly the same shape as the frieze. I used removable double sided tape to temporarily attach the piece of paper to the side of the hull. I then used that as a guide on where to glue the molding strips. Once the strips were glued on, I easily removed the piece of paper. The friezes fit in the space perfectly.
Adding the 1/32" x 1/32" molding strip turned out to be a pain in the butt. The kit supplied wood ranged in size between .025" and .040" within the same strip, and was so porous and fuzzy that I broke 4 pieces at the bow. Luckily I had some Northeast basswood strip of the right size in my stash. I used that instead.
Lastly, after much help off line (thanks Mike and Toni), I've tested and chosen the finish I'm going to use. This photo isn't the best, but you get the general idea. I'm going for a look that is a relatively light shade. The hull came out well enough I plan on leaving the portion below the waterline unpainted.
Erik
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Erik W got a reaction from Dimitris71 in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
I stained the longboat. It's a little darker than I expected. Of course, I'm used to looking at the boat with the wood an almost white color, so maybe I'm just not used to seeing it a more realistic color. Also, I applied the stain in an even and uniform manner, but the wood just didn't absorb it uniformly. Does it look alright?
That and the real color isn't showing up well in the photos with the light blue background I've been using. I took 3 more photos with a darker blue background. The warmer brown is closer to the true color. It's hard to show accurate color rendition sometimes!
Erik
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Erik W got a reaction from Dimitris71 in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
I glued on the friezes. Keeping the friezes from sticking to the wrong things while applying them was a bit tricky, but I manged to pull it off. I'm following Mike's (Stuntflyer) lead and keeping the painting to a minimum. I chose not to apply any white trim paint. As a newby, I want as much wood showing as possible!
Erik
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Erik W got a reaction from Brian the extraordinaire in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
Brain,
Thanks for the compliment. The hull length is 6.5 inches (16.5 centimeters for you metric types ).
Erik
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Erik W got a reaction from Canute in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
Brain,
Thanks for the compliment. The hull length is 6.5 inches (16.5 centimeters for you metric types ).
Erik
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Erik W reacted to Chuck in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
That looks just great....Terrific work!!!
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Erik W got a reaction from tlevine in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
I glued on the friezes. Keeping the friezes from sticking to the wrong things while applying them was a bit tricky, but I manged to pull it off. I'm following Mike's (Stuntflyer) lead and keeping the painting to a minimum. I chose not to apply any white trim paint. As a newby, I want as much wood showing as possible!
Erik
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Erik W got a reaction from egkb in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
I glued on the friezes. Keeping the friezes from sticking to the wrong things while applying them was a bit tricky, but I manged to pull it off. I'm following Mike's (Stuntflyer) lead and keeping the painting to a minimum. I chose not to apply any white trim paint. As a newby, I want as much wood showing as possible!
Erik
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Erik W got a reaction from MikeB4 in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
I glued on the friezes. Keeping the friezes from sticking to the wrong things while applying them was a bit tricky, but I manged to pull it off. I'm following Mike's (Stuntflyer) lead and keeping the painting to a minimum. I chose not to apply any white trim paint. As a newby, I want as much wood showing as possible!
Erik
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Erik W got a reaction from Chuck in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
I glued on the friezes. Keeping the friezes from sticking to the wrong things while applying them was a bit tricky, but I manged to pull it off. I'm following Mike's (Stuntflyer) lead and keeping the painting to a minimum. I chose not to apply any white trim paint. As a newby, I want as much wood showing as possible!
Erik
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